Wild God (ft The Bad Seeds) - Nick Cave, ukulele chords
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Published: 2024-03-12 13:50 Selection chords: Sarah Harris
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Once upon a time, a wild God zoomed
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All through his memory in which he was entombed
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It was rape and pillage in the retirement village
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But in his mind he was a man of great virtue and courage
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And he flew out the window with his long, trailing hair
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And the smoke from the bodies went straight up in the air
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He was a wild God searching for what all wild Gods are searching for
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And he flew through the dying city like a prehistoric bird
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He went searching for the girl down on Jubilee Street
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But sheʼd died in a bedsit in 1993
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So he flew to the top of the world and looked around
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And said, "Where are my people? Where are my people to bring your spirit down?"
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A wild God searching for a faraway girl
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Who was basically a mirage but nevertheless loomed large
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She would hang under the rail as he blew ʼround the room
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And make love with a kind of efficient gloom
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And the people on the ground cried, "When does it start?"
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And the wild God says, "It starts with a heart, with a heart, with a heart, with a heart"
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And the people on the ground cried, "When does it end?"
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And the wild God says, "Well, it depends, but it mostly never ends
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ʼCause Iʼm a wild God flying and a wild God swimming
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And Iʼm an old, sick God dying and crying and singing"
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Bring your spirit down
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Oh, weʼre wild Gods, baby, weʼre wild Gods
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Yeah, bring your spirit down
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Oh, well, heʼs moving through the flames of anarchy
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And heʼs moving through the winds of tyranny
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And the sweet, sweet tears of liberty, yeah, moving ʼround the world
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Heʼs moving through your body like a prehistoric bird
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Heʼs moving ʼround the world
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Oh Lord, well, if youʼre feeling lonely and if youʼre feeling blue
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And if you just donʼt know what to do
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Bring your spirit down
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Oh, weʼre wild Gods, baby, weʼre wild Gods
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Iʼm a wild God, baby, Iʼm a wild God
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Oh, here we go, weʼre going to the cradle of Africa
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Weʼre going to Russia, weʼre going to China
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To the United States of America
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Yeah, moving ʼround the world, yeah, moving like a great, big, beautiful bird
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Weʼre moving ʼround the world
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Yeah, and heʼs swimming at the end of the rotting pier
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He swims to the end of his rotting idea
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Swim to the hymn, swim to the prayer
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And bring your spirit down
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Iʼm a wild God, baby, Iʼm a wild God
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Well, here we go, yeah, here we go